Pre & Post Tours
ACINR 2 Cappadocia – Land of Fairy Chimneys
May 10-12, 2008

**Min. 15 persons required**
Price : Please contact Congress Secretariat

 

DAY 1 : May 10, 2008 / Ankara - Cappadocia (172 miles - 276 km.)
Depart from the Hotel. Visit the Museum of the Anatolian Civilisations and the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkey. Lunch. Drive to the surrealistic region of Cappadocia. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Cappadocia. (Lunch & Dinner)

DAY 2 : May 11, 2008 / Cappadocia
Buffet breakfast. Full day tour of Cappadocia. First stop at the wonderful Dervent Valley where the weather has eroded the stone into peaks, cones and obelisks called fairy chimneys. “Pasabagi”, a three-capped chimney in the middle of valley was the retreat to the monk Simeon. Visit Avanos, experience pottery making. Lunch. Drive to the Göreme National Park which is like an open-air museum. There are 15 churches large and small, seven refectories, and various tombs and cellars including wine cellars. Visit the Citadel of Uchisar and Guvercinlik Valley also called Pigeon Valley for the hundreds of holes perforating the rock face whose droppings provided valuable fertilizer to the neighboring farmers. Last stop will be at Esentepe. Evening at leisure. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Cappadocia.
(Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner)

 

DAY 3 : May 12, 2008 / Cappadocia - Kayseri - Istanbul (49 miles - 78 km)
Buffet breakfast. Departure from the Hotel for full day tour of Cappadocia, Drive to “Derinkuyu Underground City” an extremely complex underground city consisting of seven layers, rooms for grain storage, the stabling of animals, aging of wine and every possible necessity of rural life. Continue to Kizilcukur Valley and Cavusin. After lunch, visit Ortahisar Valley, (throughout to come from the 50 year period in the 11th century when bureaucrats had effectively ousted the army and Catalkaya). Drive to the Kayseri Airport for your next destination’s flight. (Breakfast & Lunch)

Price:  Bed&Breakfast hotel accommodation, hotel-airport transfers, tours indicated in the programme, lunches during tours, entrance fees and english speaking guidance are included in the above prices. Personal expenses are excluded.